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ANN CURRY, anchor:And in the news this morning, investigators in
Uganda
now say they have found unexploded suicide vests in the capital city, which suggests that more attacks were planned there. And the death toll from the bombings on Sunday as people were gathering to watch the final game of the
World Cup
has risen to at least 76 people.
NBC
's chief foreign affairs correspondent
Andrea Mitchell
is standing by, she's been following this story. She's got more now.
Andrea
, good morning.

ANDREA MITCHELL reporting:Good morning,
Ann.
As that death toll rises overnight, the discovery of the suicide pack and claim of responsibility by a Somali group linked to
al-Qaeda
does create a wider threat of attacks against other US allies in the region. It took only seconds for a night of soccer and celebration to turn into one of blood and horror.

Unidentified Man:There was just this big like explosion, and the next thing I knew I was on the ground with a bunch of rubble.

MITCHELL:Twin attacks hit soccer fans gathered at a sports bar and a rugby club in the final seconds of the
World Cup
. Now claiming responsibility for its first attack outside
Somalia
's borders,
al-Shabaab
, an Islamic militia linked to
al-Qaeda
that has terrorized
Somalia
and now threatens to target other
African countries
, all US allies, if they do not pull their American-backed peacekeepers out of
Somalia
. A spokesman warned, "We will target them everywhere if
Uganda
does not withdraw from our land." The bombs killed one American,
Nate Henn
, idealistic and dedicated to saving Ugandan children from being forced to become child soldiers.

Mr. ADAM FINCK (Invisible Children):Totally selfless in everything he did. He was just such a solid example for all of us.

MITCHELL:He was 25 years old, attended the
University of Delaware
, but arrived in
Uganda
only a week and a half ago. Ugandans called him "
Oteka
," the strong one.

Mr. NATE HENN:It is my life, it's all I do.

MITCHELL:Friends back home say he also dreamed of having his own children.

Mr. ADAM PALUMBO (Nate Henn's Roommate):He wanted to have a family so bad; you know, just wanted to fall in love.

MITCHELL:And in a terrible twist of fate,
Nate Henn
's younger brother,
Kyle
, was flying in a single-engine plane from
Delaware
to
North Carolina
to be with his family in the crisis. The plane crashed, the pilot was killed, but